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11/15/14

As a sort of sister piece to James' recent guest DJ spot on WNYU's Shake 'Em On Down, he also sat down with the station's Micah Loewinger, and discussed some of his musical influences - specifically James Brown, and the point where punk met funk via free jazz - on the show Citywide. James' interview is the first half of the show.

11/6/14

Word just in from the UK: The Futurismo label will be reissuing the Contortions BUY album in a deluxe 180 gram vinyl edition in early 2015!

What they say: Come contort yourself…the New York No Wave classic from the CONTORTIONS
is back! It’s just over 35 years since James Chance first assaulted
turntables with the juddering jazz punk fusion that permeate the tracks
immortalised on BUY. Continued here.